Don Briere owns Weeds Glass & Gifts, a chain of over 20 marijuana dispensaries located in many cities through out Canada. He once went to jail for operating over 30 grow-ops using 77 thousand high pressure bulbs. Currently he signs many cheques, employs over a hundred people, and requires receipts for the buying and selling […]
Ottawa- A two car collision at the Maitland and Highway 417 turn off at 4:17 PM was responded to by two fire trucks and a paramedic team. The messy accident did not result in any fatalities. No injuries are known at this time. Maitland can be a fairly congested boulevard especially during peak hours. One […]
Ottawa- Ottawa’s first mini-marijuana Expo and Reefer Madness party was a success despite torrential downpours. Wayne Robillard calls out door prizes for ticket holders. Wayne Robillard’s super top secret location hosted over a hundred people through the afternoon and evening. Darcy D.J. provided the music, free copies of Skunk Magazine were handed around. Door […]
Over the past three years from 2013 to 2016 marijuana prescriptions given to veterans has increased from slightly over a hundred to over a thousand. Clayton Goodwin gave a speech from the steps of Parliament Hill on April 20th on behalf of Canadian Veterans this 2016 to an escalating audience of thousands of marijuana […]
Ottawa is considering making the home of William Wilfred Campbell a Heritage site. The Canadian poet born 1860, died 1918 was a Confederation era poet who lived in Victorian times. The decision to label the site impacts on its selling price. Located at 21 Withrow Avenue the city has yet to decide. Campbell may have […]
Ottawa Ontario – The 4/20 marijuana rally on Parliament Hill attracted over nine thousand participants. Yappers, a prominent Toronto band played original music during the warm sunny afternoon. A variety of speakers made comments from the steps of the Centre Block building. Shortly after 4:20 PM, Tom Mulcair, member of Parliament and leader of the […]
When clients open the door at Weeds on 77 Montreal Road in Ottawa they face their first choices. Will it be Blue Dream, Bubba Kush shatter or Bubba Kush buddar as their initial smoking option at sixty to seventy-five dollars a gram? Would they like Keif, Brown, Black or Temple Ball hash with that? Weeds […]
Since it’s 2016, Canadian marijuana policy is about to change. Yesterday’s users were delinquent outsiders. They apparently acted as criminal, conspiratorial spys, students and single mothers. They were immoral, indictable and illegal sitting targets. Tomorrow they will become moral, politically correct and legislatively upright at the stroke of a pen, as the State, previously bereft […]
Talented Mississauga Writer, Photographer, and Artist Roy Berger submitted this shot of Bay Street for the CFN Photo of the Day entitled Bay Street Riches – EZ Money, Fast Times, Gay Life! If you wish to submit your photo or video email info@cornwallfreenews.com Roy Berger is a contributor to Fogel’s 2015 Underground Comic Book […]
If cigarettes weren’t sexy and cool, people wouldn’t use them. Men smoke, boys don’t but you too, have come a long way, Baby. The big fancy military-industrial-complex drones, the small amateur drones, the cargo dumping planes, the sixteen police agencies, border patrols, the flotilla of Mohawk submarines, hot air balloons, midnight racing skidoos, blackmailers, […]
Dear Editor, This letter is in response to law proposals regarding the safety of Canada and its surveillance. What’s wrong with our current use of Part 2, section 46 of the Canadian Criminal Code?: Offences against public order. Offences against the Queen’s Authority or Person “…conducting acts preparatory for war, assists an enemy…acting prejudicial to the safety […]
CFN – Roy Berger isn’t just a pretty face. Alright, he’s never been a pretty face, but he has covered a lot of ground. He’s sharing one from his vault with our viewers. This is one of my favorite photos. Montreal, 1996, Anti-Henry Kissinger Rally. I call it, ‘ Storm Troopers Arrest Bambi.’ Pentax Program […]
CFN – The world class accredited Velodrome in Milton, Ontario will be open in about two weeks. The rubber tires and carbon frames will kiss the wooden track like a silent dream. Sixty-three million dollars later a state of the art, 250 metre indoor track will soon be set for the Pan-Am games, Para-Olympics and to service the generations […]
CFN is proud of the written word and occasionally publishes short stories and poems. Tis being the season we are sharing a work by former Cornwall Resident and Author Roy Berger. Sadly another artist left our community leaving in us with barely much talent and for some weird reason too many haiku writers. Thanks […]
TORONTO Ontario – On October 24th at the 35th International Festival Of Authors James Ellroy read from his latest novel, Perfidia. He welcomed the audience of over a hundred luminaries as ‘…panty sniffing pederasts and pervs…’ Ellroy was interviewed on stage by best selling novelist, Linwood Barclay. Here is part of their Friday evening conversation. They spoke of Glenn Miller […]